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NL yea but he already has a Bankai, right? Only it's not revealed yet.. Since you said he also needs a bankai :P

O.o This club was on page 2 eyy

First post for the new month =D

Spoiler:- Shingetsu:

Chapter 6 : Part I

It was six in the morning. NL was just getting up. She stretched herself and yawned, rubbing her drowsy eyes.

“Are you awake?”

“Mmm…” She mumbled. It was unusual for Ryookami to greet her so early in the morning. Usually she does that somewhere in the middle of the morning, so NL guessed that there must be something important that she needed to know.

“Good. Go and have a bath, or walk a bit, or wash up, or whatever. I want you to be fresh as I’m going to tell you something important.”

“O-o-o-kay,” she said, trying to muffle a huge yawn but to no avail.

NL stumbled to the door and went outside. She brushed her teeth and washed her face, before making a pot of coffee and preparing some toast. It was her usual routine; since she did not have anything much to do, she did all she could to help Lynn with the chores. She smeared peanut butter on two pieces of her toast, stacked them together and began eating.

. . .

“So, what is this important news you’re going to tell me?” NL asked. She was sitting on her bed once more, her zanpakto lying in front of her.

“It’s this,” Ryookami said. “We have finally found a suitable meeting place for all of us. It’s a place called Gladrylis Valley. The location is somewhat northeast from here. The estimation was that we would reach our destination within three or four days, at most five. We are to set out as soon as we can,” she continued.

“Does that mean today?”

“Today, and now. Pack up whatever you need, maybe ask for some food, whatever. We can catch anything out there if we need to, so I don’t think food would be our main concern. Maybe we’d need food only until we’re well clear of the desert.”

“Okay.” NL scrambled to her feet, and looked around. There was really nothing for her to pack, so she put on her Captain’s robe and placed her zanpakto on her side, as it has always been. She went outside again and found Senny and Lynn eating the toast she had made. Their head turned towards her when she entered the living room.

“Er,” she began, “I will be going now-” but Senny cut across her. “Ahhh, I thought you might say that.” He scratched his head. Then he got up and went inside his room, emerging some moments later, bringing a bundled pack with him on one hand and on another, two short staff rods. “I’m coming,” he said, matter-of-factly. Lynn was betraying no emotion whatsoever on her face; instead, she continued to sip her coffee as if what Senny was said didn’t concern her in the slightest.

“What?” NL asked.

“You heard me. I’m coming,” he repeated.

“But… But… What about Lynn?” NL protested.

“It doesn’t matter. She can look after herself. I just felt that I could not abandon you. It’s just my… instinct.”

“But you can’t just dump Lynn there.”

“Excuse me.” It was Lynn who spoke this time. “What did you exactly mean by ‘dump’? I’m not hhis lover.” She laughed. “But no, really, it doesn’t matter. I can look after myself very well. Actually, I’d be glad to be rid of him for a few months.” She smiled mischievously. “Ah, freedom…”

Senny raised his eyebrows, then broke into a grin himself. “Yeah, what’s a couple of months without a pesky sister to look after?” he retaliated. Then both broke into laughter. “Anyway, back to business. I’m coming with you. Not entirely for your interest, too, truthfully. I’ve been looking forward for something like this for a long time.”

Lynn had not said anything else; she resumed munching on her toast. It seemed clear to NL that they have discussed about this thing last night, and probably had came on a consensus between them. Ah well, she thought. I guess it doesn’t matter either way. He’d probably be a big help, especially in this unknown world, and his knowledge on spirits and monsters and whatnot might be handy during the journey. “Well… Okay then,” she gave in.

Lynn shrugged. “I think even if you had not consented he would still follow you anyway.” She got up. “Goodness knows when I will see you again, so…” she hugged Senny, then NL. “Well, have a safe journey then.”

Senny nodded. NL said goodbye and thanked Lynn for her (and Senny’s) hospitality over the few days she had. “Oh, it was nothing. Remember to drop back in when you’re done,” was Lynn’s reply, and she saw them to the border of the village.

. . .

And so the journey started. According to Taifuugan, said Ryookami, they should be well out of the desert after a day’s walk, so they had to reserve their water supply until they meet an oasis or a stream after the desert. Thus, the walk of the first day was filled with silence, since talking would cause them to get thirsty easier. They carried the pack Senny brought between them, only pausing once in a short while to rest or eat.

Their journey had progressed rather fast in the morning; the sun was not so high yet and even though they had to walk with the sun rising slightly to their right, it was not so hot. Then midday came. The progress began to slow down as the couple trudged through the desert. The sun was blazing on top of their heads and NL began to wish that she had asked Lynn for some change; indeed, her black Shinigami outfit only made the heat worse. Luckily most of the outfit was covered by her Captain’s robe which was white in colour. The earth was shimmering and it made their eyes water to look at it, so they had to look on ahead instead, looking for signs for the desert to end. They rested for half an hour, then resumed their walk.

Slowly, the sun began its majestic descend towards the west sky, and the temperature grew less hot than before. It was now easier to walk, with the sun being behind them and the ground now not so bright to look at. And still they kept walking and walking, wondering when the desert would come to an end.

It was dusk now and still they saw no sign for the desert to end. Speaking for the first time during the journey, NL said, “We might have to camp out here after all. It would be too cold to walk during the night, I think.” Senny nodded his agreement, and added, “But let’s walk a bit more. The air here is cooler than before; I think an oasis is somewhere just ahead of us.”

“Mhm.”

And it was true; soon enough, after a few more minutes, they came to an oasis. There was a pool of water, and NL buried her face in it thankfully. There were also some date palm trees, and they were able to make a meal out of the dates.

After the meal, both feeling considerably full and no more thirstiness, they turned in for the night.

“Senny?”

“Yes?”

“There’s… someone I’d like you to meet.”

“Eh?” Senny got up, and looked around. “Now don’t spook me around like that. Ancient stories told of ghouls who lurk in oases, waiting for some travelers to pass through and stay for the night, before devouring their souls. I thought…” He gave an involuntary shudder.

NL laughed. “Nah, nothing of the sort. Here.” She held up her Zanpakto.

“Hello, Senny.”

Senny’s eyes bulged and his mouth opened an inch. NL forced herself not to laugh at his comical expression; and instead pressed on. “Remember the Soul Reapers I told you about? And how each has his own zanpakto? Well, this is mine. Meet Ryookami.”

It was decided the night before. After Taifuugan announced the newly-found meeting place, the zanpakto have decided among themselves (with Zachiru’s consent) to talk to their wielders’ partners, but only if they agreed to follow them on the journey. It was because this would save the Shinigami much trouble of pretending having to go for a walk or distancing themselves from their partner just in order to talk to their zanpakto.

Senny’s mouth was still gaping. A moment later, he seemed to regain his senses and shook his head. “That thing… It spoke!” he exclaimed.

“I’m not ‘that thing’, and I would be very pleased if you can call me ‘she’ instead of ‘it’, thanks,” Ryookami retorted, a flicker of anger sounded in her voice.

“No. Well, it didn’t use to be this way. I don’t know what happened too, but since the explosion, we shinigami seemed to have lost our powers and instead… our zanpakto were capable of human speech,” NL explained.

“Oh… okay…” Senny said. Then after a few moment’s silence, “Hi, Ryookami.”

“That’s better,” Ryookami said gruffly, but then changed her tone. “Anyway, hi. And thank you, too.”

“Eh? What’s for? And hello.”

Ryookami lowered her voice. “I never dared to call her Aurora before, you know. But then, you started it, and so I can call her that too.” She sounded extremely pleased about it.

NL cleared her throat. “Hm? What’s that?” she asked sharply.

“Uh, no, nothing,” Ryookami said in an innocent tone.

They talked for some more, then drowsiness got over them. Senny yawned. It was catching; because soon NL was yawning too. Senny got up and took their water bottles. He went to the pool to refill them to the brim, then had another drink himself.

“Well then, night,” he said, putting the water bottles back in the bundle.

“Yeah, good night,” Ryookami said.

“Mhm. Night.” NL said. “Only let’s get up earlier tomorrow, kay? I fancy walking before the sun rises, because when it does it’ll be in our path. It’s not hot, okay, but the light was too much to bear anyway. And I think we should hit fertile land soon. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for that. Maybe only another hour or so. I’m so sick of this desert.”

There was no answer. Senny had fallen asleep, and so has, it seemed, Ryookami. NL rolled her eyes. “Really.” Then she closed her eyes, and slept.

. . .

They woke up fresh in the morning. After some short meal consisting of bread and some dates and water, they set off again. This time it was really early in the morning; the sun had not risen yet and by NL’s calculation it must be around six in the morning. For an hour long they walked, the same routine as yesterday. Then when the sun was just rising, Senny saw something far ahead near the horizon. It was hard to make sure at first with the blinding light of the rising sun, but soon it became clear that they were now approaching the end of the desert and would be coming to greenery soon. Knowing this, both hastened their steps; the prospect of exiting the desert was something very good. Sure enough, after another hour they finally set foot on grass, hardy grass that survived the harshness of the desert. By NL’s estimation, it would be another good hour before they really entered the greenery. However, since both did not know when they would meet a stream or a brook, they were still careful about the water supply.

. . .

It was nearly midday. NL and Senny were now in the heart of the forest. The sun’s blaze, thankfully, was mostly shielded by the canopy overhead and only little shafts of light managed to penetrate the leafy structure overhead, giving the forest somewhat a lovely look. It was decided that they would split there and try to look for water or food, and both were to return to that spot after an hour, with or without haul. NL went to the south while Senny decided to try his luck in the northern direction.

. . .

For almost fifteen minutes NL walked carefully on the forest floor and twice she tripped on roots of trees. Cursing to herself as she got up after the second trip, something made her stop. It was the sound of trickling water. Eagerly she listened and tried to find the direction of the sound; and after some moments she found a stream running just behind a large tree. It had originated from the underground. NL whipped her water bottle and started to fill it up, then she had a drink herself. She was debating whether to go on and find some fruits or go back when she heard a sound.

Snap.

NL looked around. There was nobody in sight except for the trees and the stream. NL waited some more. She had been so sure she had heard the sound; it could not have been her imagination. But there was nobody in sight. She placed her water bottle back on its strap around her waist and drew her zanpakto. Her eyes darted around, looking for any signs of an enemy or a wild animal.

Then, without warning, someone struck her back. She whipped around and slashed her zanpakto.

But there was nobody in sight, again.

Suddenly she heard a rustle of leaves and on intuition, she brought her zanpakto upwards. This time she saw the attacker; it was a man with a red scarf. She could not see his face because it was hooded. His weapon was a dagger which seemed to be attached to a jet-black gauntlet he was wearing. Dagger and sword met and there was a moment’s pause before the man disappeared and reappeared behind NL, striking another spot, this time on her left arm.

She could feel the two places where she had been hit stung. Then without warning, a sense of dizziness swept across her and she swayed. The man made to strike again, but NL parried the hit with her zanpakto. “Ryookami!” she shouted, and her zanpakto emitted a fireball from its tip and fired it towards the man. NL thought he would disappear from sight again but instead, the man jumped and stood on top of a branch.

NL wanted to jump after him, but her body seemed reluctant; it was harder to move her body and it took all her determination to keep standing.

“Hmph,” the man said. He disappeared again and for the third time, struck another hit on NL. She fell down on the forest floor. Her legs wouldn’t support her anymore. It was weird. The hits she took were only shallow ones, so why is she finding it difficult, almost impossible to stand? Even raising her zanpakto was out of question now; she was using every ounce of her energy to keep awake and not faint.

The man was now closing on her. He held his dagger ready, pointing it at NL.

He pressed something on his wrist and the dagger shot out, straightly speeding to the place where NL’s heart would be.

Clang.

The dagger was met with a staff rod. The man looked up in surprise; it was Senny who had deflected his dagger.

“Tch,” he muttered, then ran away. This surprised Senny, he was expecting the man to stay and fight.

Senny bent down and looked at NL. She was sweating profusely. He did not know what the trick that the man used; so he decided to just clean the wound (they were really shallow; it was obvious that the man did not aim to kill when he attacked NL except for that last one when he launched his dagger) and wait until she recovers. This turned out to be the best decision; when he was finished cleaning up the wound NL was no longer sweating and she seemed to regain her normal senses back.

“Aurora, what happened?”

“I don’t know. I was filling up the water when that man suddenly assaulted me. He struck me thrice, then I found myself losing consciousness. I think there must be a poison of some sort in the man’s dagger, that’s why.”

Senny nodded. “Well anyway now that we’re here, let’s stay here for the dinner, no?” He opened up the bundle and took out a knife. Heading to the stream, he said, “I managed to find a rabbit back there. I wondered what took you so long so I headed in your direction.” He sat down beside the stream, apparently starting to skin and gut the rabbit to be eaten.

Of the Bankais we haven't seen, what do you think they'll look like, and what effects will they have?

Kenpachi: Hmm, this one's gonna be hard... I have no idea of how will it look like. But it might involve removing his eye patch and releasing all his spiritual energy to form a really powerful force that could be manipulated in any manner.

Gin: *What Zameric said*

Well, I'm slacking off a bit and not working on my fan fiction... Three reasons, Forza Motorsport 3, Pokemon Platinum and Pokemon Pearl.

NL yea but he already has a Bankai, right? Only it's not revealed yet.. Since you said he also needs a bankai :P

O.o This club was on page 2 eyy

First post for the new month =D

Spoiler:

Chapter 6

It was six in the morning. NL was just getting up. She stretched herself and yawned, rubbing her drowsy eyes.

“Are you awake?”

“Mmm…” She mumbled. It was unusual for Ryookami to greet her so early in the morning. Usually she does that somewhere in the middle of the morning, so NL guessed that there must be something important that she needed to know.

“Good. Go and have a bath, or walk a bit, or wash up, or whatever. I want you to be fresh as I’m going to tell you something important.”

“O-o-o-kay,” she said, trying to muffle a huge yawn but to no avail.

NL stumbled to the door and went outside. She brushed her teeth and washed her face, before making a pot of coffee and preparing some toast. It was her usual routine; since she did not have anything much to do, she did all she could to help Lynn with the chores. She smeared peanut butter on two pieces of her toast, stacked them together and began eating.

. . .

“So, what is this important news you’re going to tell me?” NL asked. She was sitting on her bed once more, her zanpakto lying in front of her.

“It’s this,” Ryookami said. “We have finally found a suitable meeting place for all of us. It’s a place called Gladrylis Valley. The location is somewhat northeast from here. The estimation was that we would reach our destination within three or four days, at most five. We are to set out as soon as we can,” she continued.

“Does that mean today?”

“Today, and now. Pack up whatever you need, maybe ask for some food, whatever. We can catch anything out there if we need to, so I don’t think food would be our main concern. Maybe we’d need food only until we’re well clear of the desert.”

“Okay.” NL scrambled to her feet, and looked around. There was really nothing for her to pack, so she put on her Captain’s robe and placed her zanpakto on her side, as it has always been. She went outside again and found Senny and Lynn eating the toast she had made. Their head turned towards her when she entered the living room.

“Er,” she began, “I will be going now-” but Senny cut across her. “Ahhh, I thought you might say that.” He scratched his head. Then he got up and went inside his room, emerging some moments later, bringing a bundled pack with him on one hand and on another, two short staff rods. “I’m coming,” he said, matter-of-factly. Lynn was betraying no emotion whatsoever on her face; instead, she continued to sip her coffee as if what Senny was said didn’t concern her in the slightest.

“What?” NL asked.

“You heard me. I’m coming,” he repeated.

“But… But… What about Lynn?” NL protested.

“It doesn’t matter. She can look after herself. I just felt that I could not abandon you. It’s just my… instinct.”

“But you can’t just dump Lynn there.”

“Excuse me.” It was Lynn who spoke this time. “What did you exactly mean by ‘dump’? I’m not hhis lover.” She laughed. “But no, really, it doesn’t matter. I can look after myself very well. Actually, I’d be glad to be rid of him for a few months.” She smiled mischievously. “Ah, freedom…”

Senny raised his eyebrows, then broke into a grin himself. “Yeah, what’s a couple of months without a pesky sister to look after?” he retaliated. Then both broke into laughter. “Anyway, back to business. I’m coming with you. Not entirely for your interest, too, truthfully. I’ve been looking forward for something like this for a long time.”

Lynn had not said anything else; she resumed munching on her toast. It seemed clear to NL that they have discussed about this thing last night, and probably had came on a consensus between them. Ah well, she thought. I guess it doesn’t matter either way. He’d probably be a big help, especially in this unknown world, and his knowledge on spirits and monsters and whatnot might be handy during the journey. “Well… Okay then,” she gave in.

Lynn shrugged. “I think even if you had not consented he would still follow you anyway.” She got up. “Goodness knows when I will see you again, so…” she hugged Senny, then NL. “Well, have a safe journey then.”

Senny nodded. NL said goodbye and thanked Lynn for her (and Senny’s) hospitality over the few days she had. “Oh, it was nothing. Remember to drop back in when you’re done,” was Lynn’s reply, and she saw them to the border of the village.

. . .

And so the journey started. According to Taifuugan, said Ryookami, they should be well out of the desert after a day’s walk, so they had to reserve their water supply until they meet an oasis or a stream after the desert. Thus, the walk of the first day was filled with silence, since talking would cause them to get thirsty easier. They carried the pack Senny brought between them, only pausing once in a short while to rest or eat.

Their journey had progressed rather fast in the morning; the sun was not so high yet and even though they had to walk with the sun rising slightly to their right, it was not so hot. Then midday came. The progress began to slow down as the couple trudged through the desert. The sun was blazing on top of their heads and NL began to wish that she had asked Lynn for some change; indeed, her black Shinigami outfit only made the heat worse. Luckily most of the outfit was covered by her Captain’s robe which was white in colour. The earth was shimmering and it made their eyes water to look at it, so they had to look on ahead instead, looking for signs for the desert to end. They rested for half an hour, then resumed their walk.

Slowly, the sun began its majestic descend towards the west sky, and the temperature grew less hot than before. It was now easier to walk, with the sun being behind them and the ground now not so bright to look at. And still they kept walking and walking, wondering when the desert would come to an end.

It was dusk now and still they saw no sign for the desert to end. Speaking for the first time during the journey, NL said, “We might have to camp out here after all. It would be too cold to walk during the night, I think.” Senny nodded his agreement, and added, “But let’s walk a bit more. The air here is cooler than before; I think an oasis is somewhere just ahead of us.”

“Mhm.”

And it was true; soon enough, after a few more minutes, they came to an oasis. There was a pool of water, and NL buried her face in it thankfully. There were also some date palm trees, and they were able to make a meal out of the dates.

After the meal, both feeling considerably full and no more thirstiness, they turned in for the night.

“Senny?”

“Yes?”

“There’s… someone I’d like you to meet.”

“Eh?” Senny got up, and looked around. “Now don’t spook me around like that. Ancient stories told of ghouls who lurk in oases, waiting for some travelers to pass through and stay for the night, before devouring their souls. I thought…” He gave an involuntary shudder.

NL laughed. “Nah, nothing of the sort. Here.” She held up her Zanpakto.

“Hello, Senny.”

Senny’s eyes bulged and his mouth opened an inch. NL forced herself not to laugh at his comical expression; and instead pressed on. “Remember the Soul Reapers I told you about? And how each has his own zanpakto? Well, this is mine. Meet Ryookami.”

It was decided the night before. After Taifuugan announced the newly-found meeting place, the zanpakto have decided among themselves (with Zachiru’s consent) to talk to their wielders’ partners, but only if they agreed to follow them on the journey. It was because this would save the Shinigami much trouble of pretending having to go for a walk or distancing themselves from their partner just in order to talk to their zanpakto.

Senny’s mouth was still gaping. A moment later, he seemed to regain his senses and shook his head. “That thing… It spoke!” he exclaimed.

“I’m not ‘that thing’, and I would be very pleased if you can call me ‘she’ instead of ‘it’, thanks,” Ryookami retorted, a flicker of anger sounded in her voice.

“No. Well, it didn’t use to be this way. I don’t know what happened too, but since the explosion, we shinigami seemed to have lost our powers and instead… our zanpakto were capable of human speech,” NL explained.

“Oh… okay…” Senny said. Then after a few moment’s silence, “Hi, Ryookami.”

“That’s better,” Ryookami said gruffly, but then changed her tone. “Anyway, hi. And thank you, too.”

“Eh? What’s for? And hello.”

Ryookami lowered her voice. “I never dared to call her Aurora before, you know. But then, you started it, and so I can call her that too.” She sounded extremely pleased about it.

NL cleared her throat. “Hm? What’s that?” she asked sharply.

“Uh, no, nothing,” Ryookami said in an innocent tone.

They talked for some more, then drowsiness got over them. Senny yawned. It was catching; because soon NL was yawning too. Senny got up and took their water bottles. He went to the pool to refill them to the brim, then had another drink himself.

“Well then, night,” he said, putting the water bottles back in the bundle.

“Yeah, good night,” Ryookami said.

“Mhm. Night.” NL said. “Only let’s get up earlier tomorrow, kay? I fancy walking before the sun rises, because when it does it’ll be in our path. It’s not hot, okay, but the light was too much to bear anyway. And I think we should hit fertile land soon. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for that. Maybe only another hour or so. I’m so sick of this desert.”

There was no answer. Senny had fallen asleep, and so has, it seemed, Ryookami. NL rolled her eyes. “Really.” Then she closed her eyes, and slept.

. . .

They woke up fresh in the morning. After some short meal consisting of bread and some dates and water, they set off again. This time it was really early in the morning; the sun had not risen yet and by NL’s calculation it must be around six in the morning. For an hour long they walked, the same routine as yesterday. Then when the sun was just rising, Senny saw something far ahead near the horizon. It was hard to make sure at first with the blinding light of the rising sun, but soon it became clear that they were now approaching the end of the desert and would be coming to greenery soon. Knowing this, both hastened their steps; the prospect of exiting the desert was something very good. Sure enough, after another hour they finally set foot on grass, hardy grass that survived the harshness of the desert. By NL’s estimation, it would be another good hour before they really entered the greenery. However, since both did not know when they would meet a stream or a brook, they were still careful about the water supply.

. . .

It was nearly midday. NL and Senny were now in the heart of the forest. The sun’s blaze, thankfully, was mostly shielded by the canopy overhead and only little shafts of light managed to penetrate the leafy structure overhead, giving the forest somewhat a lovely look. It was decided that they would split there and try to look for water or food, and both were to return to that spot after an hour, with or without haul. NL went to the south while Senny decided to try his luck in the northern direction.

. . .

For almost fifteen minutes NL walked carefully on the forest floor and twice she tripped on roots of trees. Cursing to herself as she got up after the second trip, something made her stop. It was the sound of trickling water. Eagerly she listened and tried to find the direction of the sound; and after some moments she found a stream running just behind a large tree. It had originated from the underground. NL whipped her water bottle and started to fill it up, then she had a drink herself. She was debating whether to go on and find some fruits or go back when she heard a sound.

Snap.

NL looked around. There was nobody in sight except for the trees and the stream. NL waited some more. She had been so sure she had heard the sound; it could not have been her imagination. But there was nobody in sight. She placed her water bottle back on its strap around her waist and drew her zanpakto. Her eyes darted around, looking for any signs of an enemy or a wild animal.

Then, without warning, someone struck her back. She whipped around and slashed her zanpakto.

But there was nobody in sight, again.

Suddenly she heard a rustle of leaves and on intuition, she brought her zanpakto upwards. This time she saw the attacker; it was a man with a red scarf. She could not see his face because it was hooded. His weapon was a dagger which seemed to be attached to a jet-black gauntlet he was wearing. Dagger and sword met and there was a moment’s pause before the man disappeared and reappeared behind NL, striking another spot, this time on her left arm.

She could feel the two places where she had been hit stung. Then without warning, a sense of dizziness swept across her and she swayed. The man made to strike again, but NL parried the hit with her zanpakto. “Ryookami!” she shouted, and her zanpakto emitted a fireball from its tip and fired it towards the man. NL thought he would disappear from sight again but instead, the man jumped and stood on top of a branch.

NL wanted to jump after him, but her body seemed reluctant; it was harder to move her body and it took all her determination to keep standing.

“Hmph,” the man said. He disappeared again and for the third time, struck another hit on NL. She fell down on the forest floor. Her legs wouldn’t support her anymore. It was weird. The hits she took were only shallow ones, so why is she finding it difficult, almost impossible to stand? Even raising her zanpakto was out of question now; she was using every ounce of her energy to keep awake and not faint.

The man was now closing on her. He held his dagger ready, pointing it at NL.

He pressed something on his wrist and the dagger shot out, straightly speeding to the place where NL’s heart would be.

Clang.

The dagger was met with a staff rod. The man looked up in surprise; it was Senny who had deflected his dagger.

“Tch,” he muttered, then ran away. This surprised Senny, he was expecting the man to stay and fight.

Senny bent down and looked at NL. She was sweating profusely. He did not know what the trick that the man used; so he decided to just clean the wound (they were really shallow; it was obvious that the man did not aim to kill when he attacked NL except for that last one when he launched his dagger) and wait until she recovers. This turned out to be the best decision; when he was finished cleaning up the wound NL was no longer sweating and she seemed to regain her normal senses back.

“Aurora, what happened?”

“I don’t know. I was filling up the water when that man suddenly assaulted me. He struck me thrice, then I found myself losing consciousness. I think there must be a poison of some sort in the man’s dagger, that’s why.”

Senny nodded. “Well anyway now that we’re here, let’s stay here for the dinner, no?” He opened up the bundle and took out a knife. Heading to the stream, he said, “I managed to find a rabbit back there. I wondered what took you so long so I headed in your direction.” He sat down beside the stream, apparently starting to skin and gut the rabbit to be eaten.

God idk >< idt it's very interesting. Tell me what you think =\

Well the last part was really interesting...and Senny's reaction to Ryookami is hilarious. xD
Looking forward to the next chapter.

The raw for episode 256 is up on the internet, hopefully the subs will come out today too.

@Arc, the chapter did seem a bit slow, though it's to be expected because most of it was trekking through the desert.
“What did you exactly mean by ‘dump’? I’m not hhis lover.”-Made me LOL
Dates = awesomes.
Ryookami always makes me laugh.
And now we get to the interesting part... The others will probably get attacked somewhat similarly.

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Release Command; Yari (やり, Spear)Shikai Details; Shikai turns Sunataka into a blade of sand. The hilt becomes wider, and the blade turns to sand. The sand is then controlled with telekenises. It makes it easy to counter and strike. The sand blade can reform as long as there is the sand within a 60-foot Radius. The sand is very rough, and if moved at high enough speed, can put holes in metal. If the user enhales the sand, which might happen, the user can still control the sand, and even spear it out of them. The sand has the ability to contain small objects, such as coins, for storage or projectile usage. A special, though dangerous if not used correctly, power the user can use is to inhale a couple grains of the sand. By whipping the blade, they can dramatically increase there speed. By throwing the blade, the user can rush extremely fast to it. This is a dangerous power. If the user inhales too much sand, and then the Zanpakuto reverts from Shikai, the user can be killed. This is to say, that the sand will turn into the blade material, which, let's just say, isn't a gourmet meal.

Bankai Name; Akuma Sunataka(悪魔, Demon Sand Hawk)

Bankai Details; The first thing is, the blade shoots a sand bullet from the tip, hitting the opponent and sticks there. Then, the blade is turned into very small sand hawks, which hit the opponent right at the bullet mark. The sand hawks can be reformed into the blade for the final hit. If the user chooses, the hawks can morph into chains, or spears, and use the same effect.

Release Command; Yari (やり, Spear)Shikai Details; Shikai turns Sunataka into a blade of sand. The hilt becomes wider, and the blade turns to sand. The sand is then controlled with telekenises. It makes it easy to counter and strike. The sand blade can reform as long as there is the sand within a 60-foot Radius.

Bankai Name; Akuma Sunataka(悪魔, Demon Sand Hawk)

Bankai Details; The first thing is, the blade shoots a sand bullet from the tip, hitting the opponent and sticks there. Then, the blade is turned into very small sand hawks, which hit the opponent right at the bullet mark. The sand hawks can be reformed into the blade for the final hit.

Anything Else; N/A currently

Hello and welcome to the Bleach Club GalladeX. I'm the captain of Squad 9, Zameric.

Zachiru is the name of Captain-Commander Golde's zanpakuto. even though he hasn't re-posted it here, since he's fixing it

Just wondering, How up to date are you in the series?(i.e. do you just watch/read the dubs, subs, or manga or maybe all three?)

Sunataka is a very interesting zanpakuto. But when you say the hilt becomes wider, what do you mean? Does the handle or the guard/tsuba widen?[/s]

Release Command; Yari (やり, Spear)Shikai Details; Shikai turns Sunataka into a blade of sand. The hilt becomes wider, and the blade turns to sand. The sand is then controlled with telekenises. It makes it easy to counter and strike. The sand blade can reform as long as there is the sand within a 60-foot Radius.

Bankai Name; Akuma Sunataka(悪魔, Demon Sand Hawk)

Bankai Details; The first thing is, the blade shoots a sand bullet from the tip, hitting the opponent and sticks there. Then, the blade is turned into very small sand hawks, which hit the opponent right at the bullet mark. The sand hawks can be reformed into the blade for the final hit.

Anything Else; N/A currently

Welcome to the Bleach Club 2! I am I like Pokemon (...) the Captain of the 12th squad. I am also known by the nicknames of ILP/Aaroniero/Anternero/Ant/anything else you may find fitting.

I quite like your zanpakutou, however I feel it might be too similar to Rangiku's Haineko. If Golde decides it IS too similar, you will have to change it/make a new one so that it isn't. Just a heads up.

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Because every time you post a chapter, I predict what happens. Most are logically worked out.

Welcome to the Bleach Club 2! I am I like Pokemon (...) the Captain of the 12th squad. I am also known by the nicknames of ILP/Aaroniero/Anternero/Ant/anything else you may find fitting.

I quite like your zanpakutou, however I feel it might be too similar to Rangiku's Haineko. If Golde decides it IS too similar, you will have to change it/make a new one so that it isn't. Just a heads up.

Zam, 4 more posts and I regain my thrown.

Hm. It is sort of similar to Rangiku's now that I look at it :/
I just figured since hers uses ash, and mine uses sand, that they were differnet enough :P

Sunataka is a very interesting zanpakuto. But when you say the hilt becomes wider, what do you mean? Does the handle or the guard/tsuba widen?[/s]

When I meant wider, I meant bigger, as in it changes from a regular size handle to a bigger one to allow better control.

Just wondering, How up to date are you in the series?

Umm...let's see. Spoiler:- Um:

I just finished the battle with Kaien/Aaronaaroniaia-or-however-you-spell-it and Rukia. Then I've read parts of the beginning, and then there's a big gap, now I'm reading the Hueco Mundo arc >_< I'm reading it online to stay up to date.

Hm. It is sort of similar to Rangiku's now that I look at it :/
I just figured since hers uses ash, and mine uses sand, that they were differnet enough :P

>.>
I keep thinking Haineko is sand >.< I suppose that might let you off, but again, we'll just have to wait and see.

Originally Posted by GalladeX

Umm...let's see. Spoiler:- Um:

I just finished the battle with Kaien/Aaronaaroniaia-or-however-you-spell-it and Rukia. Then I've read parts of the beginning, and then there's a big gap, now I'm reading the Hueco Mundo arc >_< I'm reading it online to stay up to date.

Ah, well you still have quite a while to go. I'm assuming you just read the manga and don't watch either anime?
By the way, it's Aaroniero Arururie (though some of the Rs become Ls in the English version).

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>.>
I keep thinking Haineko is sand >.< I suppose that might let you off, but again, we'll just have to wait and see.

Ah, well you still have quite a while to go. I'm assuming you just read the manga and don't watch either anime?
By the way, it's Aaroniero Arururie (though some of the Rs become Ls in the English version).

I haven't seen any of the anime, but I'll watch an episode tonight.
Why can't the Espadas just have regular names?

I mean, he gave them names with foreign influnces. As by the time the espada concept was introduced, the Manga BLEACH took off in America. So he went European and African, for that reason (he didn't want American/English things)

And A standard name in English =/= a standard name in Japanese.

Japanese standard female names: Asuka, Naoko, Misaki (though the latter one is more and more rare)

English: Emily, Hannah, Alice?

first of all, there is no C's in japanese, or Q's, And V's are not there too (along with L's)

Finally, I would honestly throw myself off of a bridge if the dubbing company gave them english names. (Starrk is now Stan?! What is this) The foreign names to both cultures gives that manga that appeal.

I haven't seen any of the anime, but I'll watch an episode tonight.
Why can't the Espadas just have regular names?

I believe the Espadas' names are based on famous architects.
Also, wouldn't you find it a bit boring for them to have Japanese names constantly? And if you look at it, the Espadas were once human souls; and very few of them look Japanese (yeah, I know, most people don't look Japanese in anime ANYWAY)...

I mean, he gave them names with foreign influnces. As by the time the espada concept was introduced, the Manga BLEACH took off in America. So he went European and African, for that reason (he didn't want American/English things)

And A standard name in English =/= a standard name in Japanese.

Japanese standard female names: Asuka, Naoko, Misaki (though the latter one is more and more rare)

English: Emily, Hannah, Alice?

first of all, there is no C's in japanese, or Q's, And V's are not there too (along with L's)

Finally, I would honestly throw myself off of a bridge if the dubbing company gave them english names. (Starrk is now Stan?! What is this) The foreign names to both cultures gives that manga that appeal.

I was..um..kidding. Heh heh.

Of the Bankai's we haven't seen, what do you think they'll look like, and what effects will they have?

Rukia: Probably some kind of dance variation, maybe involving a blizzard.Gin: Maybe an enhanced form of his Shikai? Like he shoots that energy beam, then it swings back, strikes them again, and over and over.Shinji: Maybe an increased form of his Shikai, too? Except this time, it totally throws off their equilibriam, and he can invert gravity.Kisuke: He manipulates blood, so... He cuts the opponent, and turns their blood to smoke or something? I dunno.

Was there anything you mispronounced/mispelled?
Well I usually don't include the u in the romanization of ō(which is ou). Like how it's supposed to be zanpkautou/ō, when in english it's pronouced as zanpakto.

Originally Posted by Sapphiredragon929

Nnorita, and Szayel. I still prounounce them wrong but whatever <3333 They're still sauces of epiccake!![/B]

Nnoitra is pronouces as No-Ee-Tor-Ra for some reason. The s in Szayel is just silent.. Z-A-Yell.

It's completely your choice what squad you want to ask to join.
But some captains here like to try to influence new member's choice. ;pSquad 9 is better than Squad 6

How do you handle the criticisms of Bleach~!Just one sentence.. Bankai, Bekkojigen kara Keiri, Kirihansu!
I usually don't talk to people about Bleach unless I know they are into anime. And I haven't found too many people that don't care for it.
I don't actually remember personally getting into any fights with people that bashed Bleach. I would probably just ask them why they don't like it and then just never talk to them about it again.

Spoiler:- manga 391:

See, now that was a great chapter! That's what Kubo should be doing more of. XD

Poor Komamura, Rose & Love. I hope they aren't dead. :/

I freaking loved Shinji's grin! And it was even made better by Aizen's reaction! XD

Now I'm really looking forward to next weeks chapter to see how hurt Aizen is.This better not just be an illusion and Hitsu ended up killing an ally